My mother is a singer, still performs today; she's a jazz singer.
I wanted to explore this idea that the bogey man in the closet is scary, but being a mother is scarier.
I admire my mother. She raised four kids and worked and had no help.
I have nothing maternal in me, and men want to be mothered a lot of the time.
I haven't wanted to play a mother for a long time because I am one.
For a long time I was scared I'd find out I was like my mother.
Other Mother: Maybe they got bored with you and moved to France.
Animal Mother: Fucking son of a bitch! YOU MOTHERFUCKER! WHOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Tommy's Mother: Has Tommy ever told you about my painting?
Eowyn: Ride with me. Merry: [smiles] My lady!
[first lines] The Mother: Hi, honey. The Grandson: Hi, Mom.
Stewart: Where's your mother? Where's she off to? Flora: TO HELL!
Jamal Malik: If it wasn't for Rama and Allah, I'd still have a mother.
Mother Gothel: [singing] Skip the drama, stay with Mama!
My mother was electric onstage, and I vividly recall the extraordinary power she had over her audiences.
The relationship between parents and children, but especially between mothers and daughters, is tremendously powerful, scarcely to be comprehended in any rational way.
My real mother is a survivor, very strong and respected by the people who know her, but our relationship is not easy - but then, it was never going to be.
I learned, especially from my mother, to respect the profession and take it seriously, but not take yourself too seriously.
My mother is very, very smart and commands respect because she has a lot of respect for herself.
When you're surrounded by feathers and sequins and ridiculous Lycra outfits, it's impossible not to have a smile on your face.
Once you don't smile on film, they say, 'Let's have that bloke who doesn't smile.'
